# Configuration managers

> A configuration manager connects Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to a configuration management tool so that software is installed and configured on servers as they are built and afterward

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Each configuration manager maintains a connection to a single management server and serves the environments you associate with it. Servers built in those environments pick up the requester's chosen content from the order form, and that content can be applied or removed later from a server's detail page or the server list. You manage them at **Admin** > **Configuration Managers**, which is available to administrators with the **Manage Configuration Managers** permission.

## Type availability

Selecting **Add** opens a dialog of tiles:

- **Ansible** is always available.
- **Ansible Automation Platform** is available unless its feature flag is disabled, and shows a Beta label.
- **Chef**, **Puppet Enterprise**, and **Puppet Open Source** appear only where a configuration manager of that type exists.

## Related

- [Environments](/docs/cmp/configure/infrastructure/environments/): Associating a configuration manager with environments.
- [Remote scripts](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/): How CMP authenticates to servers to run scripts.

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Section pages:

- [Ansible](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/configuration-managers/ansible/): The Ansible configuration manager connects Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to an Ansible management server so that playbooks run against the servers CMP builds
- [Ansible Automation Platform](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/configuration-managers/ansible-automation-platform/): The Ansible Automation Platform configuration manager connects Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to an Ansible Automation Platform or AWX instance and runs its job templates against the servers CMP builds
- [Chef](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/configuration-managers/chef/): The Chef configuration manager connects Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to a Chef server so that cookbooks and roles are applied to the servers CMP builds
- [Puppet Enterprise](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/configuration-managers/puppet-enterprise/): The Puppet Enterprise configuration manager connects Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to your Puppet Enterprise master so that Puppet node groups are assigned to the servers CMP builds
- [Puppet Open Source](/docs/cmp/configure/integrations/configuration-managers/puppet-open-source/): The Puppet Open Source configuration manager connects Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to an open source Puppet master so that Puppet classes are added to and removed from the servers CMP builds